The NRA, and their cronies, cannot counter the Parkland students' arguments so they attack the

[Yavin4]

students, and yet, our so-called, cherished media does not call the Right Wing out for doing so. Does not slam them. Brings them on talk shows and treats them like they have a legitimate point of view or argument when all they are doing is attacking victims/survivors of mass shootings.

This is the one of the primary reasons why we cannot have common sense gun regulation in this country because the media allows the right wing to bully victims into silence.

[Grassy Knoll]

1. ...And Our Orange Anus Is Trippin About Amazon And The Post Office..

..Stop The World From Spinning, I Want To Get Off.

[hibbing]

2. And has paid lobbyists on to be "fair"

Corporate media's gonna do what they do. The thing I admire most about this kids is they call out their BS to the faces of these highly paid lobbyists and professional PR tools.

Peace

[american_ideals]

3. "Bothsidesism". Krugman has been talking about this since 2002.

Why has no one listened?

[dchill]

10. They did - they listened to both sides.

[JI7]

4. the fucking Story should be about how the Right Wing is Lying and Spewing Conspiracy Crap but

instead the fucking media brings on people from 2 sides to debate the fucking known lies .

[Amaryllis]

5. Here is a different take on that:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210437321
The Parkland Teens Are Winning the Culture War

I do not see the victims being bullied into silence. Quite the contrary.

[JI7]

6. that's not the point. it's about the media attention and how they frame things

they take any lies that the right wing spews out and think it needs to be debated with equal time on both sides. when they should just be reporting that it's a lie. they are reporters. report the fucking fact. not everything needs to be debated with each side having a say.

[Yavin4]

7. Exactly. Calling James Hogg names is not a legitimate counter argument to his points.

Hogg, and the other students, called out how pols like Marco Rubio for taking contributions from the NRA, and that's a verifiable fact. Also, it's not a personal attack on Rubio himself. Whereas the counter is to call Hogg a liar or mock him for not getting into a college. Those are either lies or irrelevant.

Yes, the kids are brave and inspirational, but where is the media? Why aren't they stopping the personal attacks on the kids? Why aren't they calling out their colleagues for this?

[Upthevibe]

8. Are there some particular shows/pundits you're mainly talking about?

I saw Lawrence on MSNBC specifically bringing up the whole Laura Ingraham situation head on. I would NEVER expect Faux New to call out one of their own (even though Shepard Smith HAS done so)....

[Yavin4]

9. I'm talking about everyone in the media who's not calling out the right on this.

Responsible media members should be outraged.